I've read an article in the Observer today about the model Anna Carolina Reston who died at the end of last year due to anorexia. She was criticised by a Chinese modelling agency for being too fat, even though she was a tiny 8 stone. From there, she developed anorexia, even though she admitted not knowing what anorexia was at the time.
Many models have died of anorexia, and that is one reason why they fashion world is implementing new regulations. It's shocking that so many young women are pressurised in to being thin to succeed. It doesn't create a positive role model for young teenage girls who see stick thin models plastered all over their magazines. Much more should be done to promote larger models so that people don't believe that they have to conform to this waif like 'role model'.
I am a keen supporter of the Eating Disorders Association, and have organised events to raise money for the organisation. Through Plaid, I have sought to help people in Wales who cannot afford access to treatment services due to the fact that almost the only treatment centres available are Private ones in England.
It has taken a death of a supermodel to push the agencies and the Fashion Shows in to action. It is up to the magazines and the television shows now to follow this example, and take positive action in raising awareness of eating disorders. On a Wales level, an Eating Disorders Treatment Centre is much needed. I believe there are plans to open one in Bridgend, but it is a long time coming. Affordable services must be developed in Wales, for the people of Wales.
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"Many models have died of anorexia"
I don't know what evidence you have to back that up, but it's true that there's a shocking lack of resources for people with eating disorders in Wales.
Still, no-one wants to see a fat girl walking down the catwalk in a bikini.
from the Observer article....
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